In a New York real-estate fantasy come true, young foodies driven from the East Village by rising apartment rents are seeing many of their old restaurant favorites appear in their new neighborhood, Williamsburg.
A real-estate tracking group says home sales in Connecticut dropped 13% in 2011 and sank to the lowest total since the firm began monitoring property data in 1987.
This 2,286-square-foot house, built around 1925, has no garage but does boast original details like pecky cypress ceilings, handblown stained-glass panes in the powder-room door and Cuban tile floors.
Tim Headington asks $25 million in South Beach, Phil Mickelson relists in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Mats Wilander puts his Idaho estate up for sale.
Demand and rents are up as the housing crisis and tighter lending standards have left many people unable to or wary of purchasing a home. So finding a deal requires compromise and negotiation.
The owners say this 6,640-square-foot house, finished in 2006, was designed to look like something you might find while hiking through the mountains of Austria in the 18th century. It's asking $3.7 million, or $557.22 a square foot.
Regis Philbin sells in Greenwich, Conn.; Hollywood screenwriter Dale Launer lists in Aspen, Colo., for $8.5 million; a Long Island estate lists for $22.5 million.
This Colonial-style home on Long Island's north shore dates back to 1790, according to the current owner. It's asking $3.6 million, or $719 a square foot.
Spanish banks, which played a big role in the country's housing bust, are continuing to fund new real-estate projects despite a huge glut in unsold homes.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith sell in Kauai; a large Montana ranch asks $132.5 million; the New York apartment of late producer and writer Marvin Worth goes on the market.
The weather, architecturally speaking, continues to be cloudy in Spain. But in Madrid's Pozuelo de Alarcón suburb, the skies look clear from the offices of A-cero, an architecture studio that is bucking the trend by breaking the traditional mold.
